He’s the founder of ISIS.
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Some Republicans see a small silver lining in Trump talking more about Clinton.
The White House shouldn’t break out the champagne: The findings could still be a lose-lose proposition for both the Obama administration and Hillary Clinton just as Donald Trump appeared to be on the ropes amid plunging poll numbers and sharp attacks from members of his own party.
Clinton’s campaign accused Trump of “trash-talking” the US while failing to present any serious counter-terrorism plans of his own. “I have zero confidence in Trump’s ability to stay on one message or to drive one message for any length of time longer than about 10 seconds”.
Trump has previously criticized Clinton for supporting the Iraq War in 2003 while she was a USA senator.
IS was founded in 2013, months after Mrs Clinton left the State Department. The Islamic State grew out of the remnants of al Qaeda in Iraq, an extremely violent Islamist group that battled USA forces after the invasion of Iraq in 2003, five years before Obama even took office.
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, also known as ISIS or ISIL, had its roots in the al-Qaeda insurgency that arose after the USA led an invasion of Iraq in 2003. It was born out of the terror group Al-Qaeda in Iraq that grew in strength in 2006 following Republican president George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq in 2003.
There’s a debate to be had over whether Obama’s withdrawal from Iraq let ISIS flourish there.
Clinton posted on Twitter that Trump’s comments are disqualifying.
“Anyone willing to sink so low, so often should never be allowed to serve as our Commander-in-Chief”. In fact, in sports they have awards, he gets the most valuable player award. “I do”, Mr. Trump said.
Earlier on the show, Marks denounced Trump’s claim that President Barack Obama founded ISIS, calling it “crazy talk”.
Hewitt pointed out that Trump’s wording suggested the meant that Obama had literally formulated ISIS, asking the business mogul if that was a mistake. But given the opportunity Thursday morning to walk his statement back, Trump did the opposite.
Trump did not back down, asking on CNBC: “Is there something wrong with saying that?”
Trump has already begun rolling out variants of that line of attack, part of the concerted Republican strategy to persuade voters that Obama bears responsibility both for losing Iraq by prematurely withdrawing American troops and for creating a vacuum that ISIS stepped in to fill.
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump declined multiple opportunities to walk back his latest charge that President Obama founded the radical Islamic State terrorist organization. Jake Sullivan, Clinton’s top policy aide, called Trump’s accusation a “false claim” and drew a connection to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I’m a truth-teller. All I do is tell the truth, and if at the end of 90 days I’ve fallen short because I’m somewhat [not] politically correct even though I’m supposed to be the smart one and even though I’m supposed to have a lot of good ideas, it’s OK”. “This is yet another out of control statement by a candidate who is unravelling before our very eyes”. And what does the former New York City mayor suppose Trump really “meant” when he wondered elsewhere who the true perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks are?
